Land parcel 1982862

Area

3,092 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 550 m².

Zoning

R3 Residential (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
G1 Recreation and Amenity (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 10 Nov 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of: we, HeatGrid Ireland Limited, intend to apply for a 10-year planning application for development of a district heating energy centre at this site, located at Galway Crystal, Murrough Drive, Dublin Road, and a district heating network pipeline in the townlands of Doughiska, Merlin Park, Murrough, Ballybaan More, Renmore, Ballybaan Beg in Galway City, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of the following: 1. The demolition of an existing building at the Galway Crystal premises (GFA of demolition 1,290sqm). 2. The construction of buildings to accommodate a District Heating Energy Centre (GFA 1439.1sqm), with a total generated capacity of up to 45MW, comprising of thermal water tanks, a 22-metre flue, roof mounted dry air coolers, gas boiler units, heat pumps, staff welfare facilities, an electrical backup generator, a gas meter room, and associated drainage, water and utility service infrastructure. 3. The construction of a district heating network pipeline (c. 7,877m in length) from the proposed District Heating Energy Centre building within the following roads - Bothar na dTreabh, Dublin Road (R446, R921 and R338), Wellpark Road, Lurgan Park, Gleann Rua, Monivea Road, Ballyloughane Road, Loughnane Road, Glenina Heights, Tara Grove, Renmore Road, Renmore Avenue, Rowan Avenue, Michael Collins Road, Connolly Avenue, Lios An Uisce, Murrough Drive, Rosshill Road, O’Sullivan Park, Walter Macken Place, Quinn Terrace, Loughnane Terrace and Cardinal Cushing Road and the provision of pipes to connect the district heating network pipeline to sites/premises. 4. The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560339

• 2 Jan 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; retention for the widening of the site entrance roadway at Doughiska & Merlin Park TD, Doughiska Road, Galway.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway City Council, 2560001

• 5 Nov 2024Refused

  Permission for development which consists of; the proposed development will consist of; 2 No dwelling units, comprising of 2No one bed single storey units of 51 Sq.M. each in a semi-detached configuration along with enclosing side garden walls & gates and dividing rear garden walls, and open amenity space. Along with all necessary and associated site works to include extension of existing internal roadway, relocation of 2 No. existing car park spaces and provision of 2 No. additional car park spaces, provision of paths and continuation of street lighting etc and connection to existing service utilities to include potable, surface and foul water connections within the Garrai Caol development.

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway City Council, 2460353

• 22 Mar 2024Refused

  Permission for development which consists of: 3No dwelling units, comprising of 2No one bed single storey units of 51 Sq.M. each in a semi-detached configuration and 1No two-bed detached single storey unit of 66.9 Sq.M. along with enclosing side garden walls & gates and dividing rear garden walls. Along with all necessary and associated site works to include extension of existing internal roadway, relocation of 2No. existing car park spaces and provision of 2No. additional car park spaces, provision of paths and continuation of street lighting etc and connection to existing service utilities to include potable, surface and foul water connections within the Garrai Caol development

  Permission, 3 homes · Galway City Council, 2460078

• 10 Oct 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct 23 two storey Dwellinghouses consisting of Detached, Semi-dectached and terrace including access/egress off the old coast road to Oranmore with sewer connection to adjacent sewer pumping station adjacent the Dublin Road and all associated services

  Permission, 23 homes · Galway City Council, 17283

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_529 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.